A Few of Our Favorite Longreads for Your Holiday-Reading Pleasure

It’s been a long, often challenging year. With any luck, you can finally kick back and relax over the next couple of days. Whether you’re cozying up by a fire or stretching out on a beach, here are some of Los Angeles magazine’s richest, suspenseful, and most memorable stories, from fast-food revolutions to serial killer manhunts. Enjoy, and happy holidays!

In this piece by the late Michelle McNamara, the determined investigator, together with a retired detective and a group of online obsessives, goes on the hunt to track down one of the most violent serial criminals in American history who terrorized communities throughout California from 1976 to 1986.

In just 30 hours, a superfit reality TV producer went from the top of his game to the precipice of death. Amy Wallace reports that what happened next would teach him everything about grace, resolve, and the power of love.